浙江省舟山市2020年九年级英语中考模拟试卷（三）

    On the day of the interview, I got up at 6:00 in the morning. I got to the interview place without having 1. I was the 24^th interviewer（应聘者）and the 22^nd was a short ordinary-looking girl. I greeted her by 2 my head. I asked her where she graduated. She told me in a low 3, " I graduated from a junior college, the only one without getting a bachelor's degree （学士学位）among the 50 interviewees."

    I didn't 4 the interview would last so long. As I didn't have breakfast, my stomach started to ache. I had to sit by the table for a 5. Just at that time, the girl asked me 6 happened. I told her, "I didn't have breakfast this morning, so my 7 comes to me."

    After a while, a worker came in and8 me a bottle of milk and a piece of bread. It was certain that they were bought by the girl. I felt 9 all over my heart because I hadn't imagined she would be so nice to help me –her rival（竞争对手）.

    Luckily, I got the job. The first day I went to work, I was 10 to see the girl there. She also got the job. Later I asked her why she got the job. She said 11 a smile. "That day when I bought you the 12, an interviewer went to the toilet with papers in hands. He asked me 13 I could help him to copy those papers while he was in the toilet. I helped him. After I came back to him, he asked me why I took the food in hands. I told his the 14. Then I got the job." At that moment, I came to know that when the girl helped me and the interviewer, she also helped ­15.

Helping others will benefit yourself as well.

    Mother's Day is a celebration in memory of mothers. It celebrates the importance of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, mostly in March, April or May. Let's see how different people celebrate their Mother's Day.

Mexico (May 10)

    Children make gifts and give them to their mums on Mother's Eve (May 9). On the morning of May 10, families make a special trip to church and eat tamales（玉米饼）, sometimes filled with meat, cheese or vegetables.

South Africa (Second Sunday of May)

    Besides giving mums Mother's Day cards, people show their thanks for their mothers by wearing red and pink flowers called carnations. If their mothers have passed away, they wear white carnations.

United Kingdom (Fourth Sunday of Lent（大斋期）)

    Mother's Day is a traditional day for people to visit their hometown and attend their home churches. People also bake（烘焙）special fruitcakes to give to their mums.

Indonesia (December 22)

    People throw big parties for their mums, filled with fun activities –such as cooking competitions and kebaya –wearing competitions! (A kebaya is a traditional blouse and skirt.)

    If your pen broke at school today, what would you do? You would go to a shop and buy a new one. What if you could simply print out a real, working pen with your 3-D printer without leaving your room?

    Ten years ago people could only see 3-D printing in science fiction movies. But now 3-D printing is here and it's bringing big changes.

    Unlike normal printing that can only copy a 2-D picture with ink. 3-D printing can build almost anything made from material. The printer layers(分层) the material in different shapes to create the object you want to be copied.

    The 3-D printer has been used to make many different things. People have made cups, cars and even an airplane with it. Doctors have been using 3-D printers for several years. People's nervous systems(系统) have been printed out in 3-D form in medical research. Some body parts have been printed and used in hospital. Several months ago, doctors used a 3-D printer to rebuild the face of a person who had a bad accident. In the future, it is expected that the printer will make human organs(器官)to save more lives.

    However there are drawbacks to the printer. At the moment, printing can be quite slow and it's still rather expensive. The average(平均的) price of a household printer is around $1,700, not including the cost of the materials.

    But as the technology develops, it shouldn't be long before disadvantages are improved. Only time will tell where this new technology will take us.

    Are you a TV lover? Can you imagine living without TV? Well, you could give it a try.

    A group of Americans from TV-Turnoff Network（网络）have an idea. From April 19 to 25, they are asking children all over the world to turn off their TVs for one week. They hope children will find more interesting things to do. Maybe they can read some books, or learn to swim, or paint a picture. Since 1995, about 24 million people in America have taken part in TV-Turnoff Week.

TV-Turnoff Network says watching TV too much can bring children big problems with school, health and family. They want kids to watch a lot less TV. What do you think?

Bad for your studies

    American scientists did a study of 1,300 children. They watched the children for four years. They say t hat if children watch lots of TV, they don't do well in school.

Bad for your health

    Studies show that when children watch lots of TV, they eat more unhealthy food. More children are getting overweight. Overweight children become will ill more easily. Watching too much TV is also bad for their eyes.

Bad for family life

    About 40% of American families watch TV at dinner time. That means that they don't talk very much when they eat together.

Also, too many violent（暴力的）things

    An American study says that before a child turns 18 years old, that child will see 200,000 violent things on TV. Some kids become violent in real life.

    If you want to learn more about this unusual week, you can go to this Website: www.tvturnoff.org.

    Many people thought a computer wasn't supposed to be able to beat a top master at the ancient Chinese game, Weiqi, for at least another 10 years. But AlphaGo, an artificially intelligent system(人工智能系统) designed by Google, made it. It easily beat Lee Sedol last year, one of the best players in the world. It challenged the world's top players to show how much progress it had made over the past few years.

    In the late of May, 2017, AlphaGo appeared in China and played against 19-year-old Ke Jie in Wuzhen, China. He is No. 1 player now in the world. However, the result wasn't out of people's expectation. He lost the matches. Though Ke Jie tried his best and he once saw the victory just a step away, he lost his best chance when he became excited.

    At the press conference(新闻发布会) after the match, Ke Jie was interviewed by the reporters.He said he had realized how powerful AlphaGo was, and it was getting perfect. When a Chinese reporter asked him in English, the reporter spoke so fast that the interpreter(口译员 ) couldn't catch him. Ke Jie got kind of angry and told him that it was unnecessary for two Chinese to speak English. The reporter apologized to him and offered to ask him for a coffee.

    The cat and mouse game is over, but the challenge between man and robots will still go on.

All About "A-thons"

    A marathon(马拉松) is a long-distance running race. Now it is not only a competition, but some people organize marathons for charity(慈善). Runners get friends, families and other people to  (支持) them. They promise to provide a certain amount of money for every race. For example, if the runner runs one (千米), the providers each give the runner $1 for the charity.

    A (许多) of money can be raised this way. However, not everyone can run, so people in the USA have thought of other ways to raise money, using the idea of a marathon.

    Walk-a-thons A walk-a-thon is similar to a marathon, but people walk(代替) of running. This is one of the most (受欢迎的) ways for people to raise money.

    Read-a-thons  Many schools organize read-a-thons to raise money. Students can get money (简单地) for the number of books they read in a given amount of time. They may have  (十) weeks to read. Little kids can also get money according to how many(页) they read. The read-a-thons are  (举行) not only to raise money, but also to encourage teenagers to read.

    Bowl-a- thons Bowling is an  (有趣的) sport for many Americans. In a bowl-a-thon, people raise money for every point they get in the game. The higher the score is, the more money they make for the charity.

    A dog named Frida has won worldwide praise. She is being called a hero because she rescued（救援）people after two to  ( discover) hit Mexico.

    Frida's job is to look for people who  (request) after a natural disaster(灾难). So far, the dog has found 52 people. Twelve of  (they) were found alive.

    Frida was put to the test after the Mexican state of Oaxaca was hit  an earthquake on September 7, 2017. Twelve days later she went to work again because there was

     (a) earthquake in Mexico City. People around the world took notice. That is because SEMAR, the Mexican Navy, posted a  of Frida at work online.

    Emmanuel Hernandez is one of Fridas trainers. When Frida was young, Hernandez  (follow) that she could be trained as a good rescue dog—she is  ; she is a good hunter; she has a strong sense of smell.

    Hernandez has  (disappoint) what will happen when Frida retires（退休）." If someone asks me  (complete) I want to take Frida, I will say yes, "Hernandez says. "But we will have Frida at work for a long time yet."

    (Zhejiang, Dec. 2) The Liight of Internet Expo opens at Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, as part of the 2017 World Internet Conference, More than 400 Internet companies, big and small, attended the great event. They include not only industry giants（大公司）such as BMW, Kaspersky, Alibaba and Tencent but also startups that are leaders in some areas of information technology.

    Aliabas self-service supermarket is a real hit,which shows the future of offline shopping. It allows shoppers to take what they like after scanning a OR code（扫描二维码）． Without waiting in line， it feels like you are picking things from your own table at home.

    In a corner at the expo, the E-take driverless car also gets visitors attention. It is orange and similar in style to a European sports car. It was developed by Zhejiang Hozon New Energy Automobile. A spokesperson for the company said the work of bringing the car to market is progressing well.

    Ofo, a leading bike-sharing company based in Beijing, is present and also has been working on new technology to serve customers. Ofo, working with Huawei Technologies Co, has introduced a smart bicycle lock. It can be unlocked with a smartphonusing near-field communication technology, which is "even easier than scanning a QR code". Li Bofei, a business manager for the company said, "We are trying to make things even easier."

    At the expo, We Doctor Group shows a smartphone. It has a button(按钮)on the back to make things simpler and easier for elderly smartphone users. It allows them to connect to the company's Internet hospital platform ( 平台), which was developed in late 2015.

    Technology is changing our lives, isn't it?

写作要点：

⒈垃圾食品尽管美味，但对健康无益，而且其过多的包装会产生更多的垃圾；

⒉远离垃圾食品，还应该选择正确的生活方式，如：①三餐要有规律，少吃零食、快餐；②多吃蔬菜、水果等健康食物，以提供身体必需营养；③多参加户外活动……

写作要求：

⒈词数：80左右，开头与结尾已写出，不计入总词数；

⒉内容必须包括上述所有要点，可适当发挥；

⒊参考词汇：过多包装 over packaging; 有规律的 regularly ; 营养 nutrition

Say NO to Junk Food

    Nowadays, more and more attention has been paid to food safety and health. As far as I am concerned, we should say no to junk food.

    In a word, a healthy diet with less junk food can help you make us stronger and stronger.